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Casey Sweet of Medical Lake has been awarded a Presidential Scholarship for $2,500 to Eastern Washington University for the 2010-2011 academic year. Sweet will graduate from Medical Lake High School this year, where he plays tennis and ran cross country. He was also a member of windbourne choir, concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band and pep band. He will attend EWU in the fall where he hopes to study music and forensics. Sweet is the son of Frank and Susan Sweet of Medical Lake....
Mays, Kauffman appointed to Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees for five year terms Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo, Eastern Washington University President, announced March 30 that Dr. Mark Mays, a longtime Spokane resident, clinical psychologist and attorney, has been appointed to the EWU Board of Trustees by Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire. The governor has also reappointed Jo Ann Kauffman to the board, where she has served as chair for the last two years. This will be the second time Mays has served on Eastern's Board of...
Jacob Kingsbury, from Cheney has been named to the Dean's List for the 2009 fall semester in Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Villanova, Pa. Jacob is a freshman. Every year, students with established outstanding academic records are honored by the dean of each college. To qualify for the Dean's List in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, one must be a matriculated full-time student and earn a semester grade point average of 3.5. Villanova University, a co-educational Roman Catholic...
We're rounding into our third official week of spring next week, which is somewhat startling, seeing how this winter was so spring-like all the way through. Thanks in large part to El Nino, a dry December transitioned into one of the top ten warmest Januarys since records began, and it's been well over a month since the last recorded snowfall in the area. This pleasanter-than-average weather brings with it an easy transition from the indoor doldrums to a downpour of outdoor community events, activities and sports. Unlike...
CHENEY March 24 Fourth-degree assault was reported in the 1000 block of Salnave Road. Accidental damage to a patrol car was reported. A rim was bent when the vehicle hit a curb. Harassment was reported in the zero hundred block of Cheney-Spokane Road. The incident stemmed from a dispute between exes. Theft of a computer was reported in the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 1700 block of Seventh Street. Middle school students were reportedly bullying elementary students. Marc...
Cheney city, school district might want to consider a swap Are we the only ones who find it sadly ironic that the Cheney School District will soon tear down a 31-year-old middle school building while the Cheney City Council is moving forward with spending approximately $550,000 in insurance money to rebuild/restore (to a degree) the Wren Pierson Building? We find ourselves grieving the impending loss of the existing middle school because it is a perfectly good building. In our wishful thinking, we wonder whether the city and...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Read or watch enough apocalyptic stuff and pretty soon you're seeing signs of the end of the world everywhere you look. Threat of economic collapse, endless wars, natural disasters, dogs and cats living together in sin, man, Judgment Day must be right around the corner. Some people think it is and they've got a date – 2012. Specifically Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at least according to experts popping up on TV shows, movies and in books citing everyone and everything from the Mayans to Nostradamus, the B...
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Popular learning system spreads to all district schools after its successful introduction at Hallett Elementary By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Mathmatics test scores are improving among many Medical Lake students thanks to ALEKS, a Web-based assessment and learning system now being used in several classrooms. In November an initial group of 15 fourth-grade students at Hallett Elementary was introduced to ALEKS, which stands for Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces. After three months of working with the program for...
Taskforce assists architects in developing unique and functional buildings to replace overcrowded school By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Cheney School Board saw the unveiling of the preliminary designs for the district's planned new middle schools at last Wednesday's board meeting held at Betz Elementary. The design task force, headed by CMS co-principal Erika Burden, and including a number of staff members, completed weeks of meetings and field trips to a number of other schools to glean ideas for the two schools that...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter About 15 Medical Lake School District employees and parents gathered at Medical Lake Middle School Thursday, March 25 to discuss how students will be moved into new grade configurations following facilities construction. The meeting, the group's second in as many months, yielded more answers than questions, signifying progress toward a handoff of recommendations to the school board before construction starts on additions at MLMS and Hallett Elementary in late summer. Cheney Middle School...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Emergencies can happen at any time, in any place. The American Red Cross is better prepared to handle emergencies thanks to their fleet of 12 Emergency Communications Response Vehicles (ECRV). One of the vehicles is based in Spokane, and came to Cheney last week during a meeting of the Cheney Rotary Club. ECRV driver/operator Ken Hemmelman said the vehicles have significantly improved the Red Cross' ability to respond to emergencies since they were deployed in the early 2000s. “These are d...
Medical Lake, West Plains water districts look to city of Spokane water connections as a way out of recurring drought problems By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter As West Plains officials prepare to meet the upcoming dry season they'll consider how the mild temperatures and scant snowfall of our recent El Niño winter might impact an already dwindling aquifer. “The lack of snow pack doesn't directly affect this area too much but in general terms it will lessen the recharge of groundwater out here,” John Livingston, mete...
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By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Medical Lake's planning commission started into a packed 2010 work plan with a page-by-page review and edit of the city zoning ordinance during their March 25 meeting. “The code itself is pretty well written, it's just outdated,” city planner Glenn Scholten said, adding that the commission is primarily concerned with correcting obsolete references and updating building code standards. Commissioners discussed several revisions including adding mixed-use zones to a list of zoning districts, upda...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter City officials are hoping to see a mass movement toward “Let's Move Cheney,” a coalition that will look for methods of improving fitness and reducing obesity in the local community. A kick off meeting will be held Friday, April 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the City Hall auditorium for all organizations and individuals interested in lending their resources and talents to the cause. Parks and Recreation Department director Paul Simmons, who is spearheading the effort along with Mayor Tom Trulove, sai...
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Mutual protection stalling final contract between Spokane County, new operators By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Spokane County and the new operators of the Airway Heights racetrack are taking the tortoise approach rather than that of the hare. Some six weeks since Ron Hodgeson and Charlie Allen were selected to run the facility there is still no contract signed, but that should come soon and racing will follow. The two sides are literally taking the approach that slow and steady wins the race – or in this case make sure e...
Dorothy A. “Dorty” Williams passed away in Cheney on March 25. She was born July 29, 1914 in Wallace, Mo. She is survived by two sons, Thomas B. Williams (wife Barbara) of Medical Lake and Richard W. Williams (wife Diana) of Cheney. Son Eugene F. Williams predeceased his mother. Dorothy loved her nieces and nephews, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and the one on the way! Dorothy's sister Nadine Martell lives in Milwaukee, Ore. Her sister Helen and two brothers preceded her in dea...
Mac McLean, auctioneer, horse shoer, and advocate for 4-H kids everywhere, is turning 80. Mac was born on April 6, 1930 and grew up in the Cheney area. Please join his family in surprising him with a celebration on April 10 from 1–5 p.m. at the Kenova Grange in Pine City, Wash. For details or for an address in case you want to send a card, please call Sharon at (509)796-2382....
1 Years Ago March 30, 2000 Eastern Washington University is changing its master plan to reflect more of a residential campus look and be less of a commuter school. The university penned the original master plan in 1993 and changes will set the agenda for any future construction on campus. The intersection of College Avenue and First Street is more than just the place where two roadways come together. Turns out the 45 degree angle the intersection forms served a dual purpose in the 1920s as a directional arrow for airplanes...
Cheney Community Church Easter Sunday morning, April 4, we join the other West Plains Community Churches for a combined Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. at Medical Lake Community Church. We cordially invite the community to our Easter worship service that follows here at Cheney Community Church at 10:30 a.m. The service will be preceded by a fellowship time at 10 a.m. Nursery care is provided during morning worship with children's church at 11 a.m. for children age 3 through third grade. Come experience joyful worship!...
Starting on April 5, 1958, Edward Thomas Presnell delivered the mail on Rural Route 1 out of Amber traveling 63 miles each day. Presnell was the main carrier on that route for 16 years until the Amber Post Office closed at the end of 1974. You can add to our Making Memories Exhibit; learn more at www.cheneymuseum.org....
